Fire Sprinklers Hydraulic Calculations
Fire Sprinklers Hydraulic Calculations
Address ADDRESS
City CITY
Date 05-Jan-15
Area coverage by sprinkler(As) : 100 ft² selected from tables As hazard type
P friction and residual = 273.34801 bar P static = 1.650485437 bar P total = 274.9985 bar
Hydraulic Calculations
for
ABC COMPANY
ADDRESS - CITY
Contract No.CONTRACT NUMBER Date 05-Jan-15
Design data:
Occupancy classification
Special Occupancy (High-Piled) Hazards Density 0.15 gpm/ft²
Area of application 1500 Coverage per sprinkler 100 ft²
ft² No. of sprinklers calculated 15
Hose streams 15 gpm Total water required including hose streams216 gpm
Hady Habib's Hydraulic calculation sheet
using
NFPA® 13 : Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems - 2013 Edition
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Name of contractor CONTRACTOR
Name of designer HADY HABIB
Address DESIGNER ADDRESS
Authority having jurisdiction
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Notes
Psi
gpm
Psi
gpm
Psi
gpm
Psi
gpm
Psi
gpm
Psi
gpm
gpm
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Notes
Psi
gpm
Psi
gpm
Psi
gpm
gpm
Hydraulic Calculations
for
Hady Habib's Hydraulic calculation sheet
using NFPA® 13 : Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems - 2013 Edition
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Item Description Unit Qyt. Rate
1/2 in. 45° elbow Pcs 0 50.00
3/4 in. 45° elbow Pcs 0 30.00
1 in. 45° elbow Pcs 0 17.00
1 1/4 in. 45° elbow Pcs 0 25.00
1 1/2 in. 45° elbow Pcs 0 30.00
2 in. 45° elbow Pcs 3 37.00
2 1/2 in. 45° elbow Pcs 0 43.50
3 in. 45° elbow Pcs 4 50.00
3 1/2 in. 45° elbow Pcs 0 56.50
4 in. 45° elbow Pcs 0 63.00
5 in. 45° elbow Pcs 0 69.50
6 in. 45° elbow Pcs 0 76.00
8 in. 45° elbow Pcs 0 82.50
10 in. 45° elbow Pcs 0 89.00
12 in. 45° elbow Pcs 0 95.50
1/2 in. 90° standard elbow Pcs 0 10.00
3/4 in. 90° standard elbow Pcs 0 20.00
1 in. 90° standard elbow Pcs 9 17.00
1 1/4 in. 90° standard elbow Pcs 0 25.00
1 1/2 in. 90° standard elbow Pcs 0 30.00
2 in. 90° standard elbow Pcs 1 15.00
2 1/2 in. 90° standard elbow Pcs 1 21.50
3 in. 90° standard elbow Pcs 0 21.40
3 1/2 in. 90° standard elbow Pcs 0 21.30
4 in. 90° standard elbow Pcs 2 21.20
5 in. 90° standard elbow Pcs 0 21.10
6 in. 90° standard elbow Pcs 0 21.00
8 in. 90° standard elbow Pcs 5 20.90
10 in. 90° standard elbow Pcs 0 20.80
12 in. 90° standard elbow Pcs 1 20.70
1/2 in. 90° long-turn elbow Pcs 0 30.00
3/4 in. 90° long-turn elbow Pcs 0 14.00
1 in. 90° long-turn elbow Pcs 1 45.00
1 1/4 in. 90° long-turn elbow Pcs 0 44.67
1 1/2 in. 90° long-turn elbow Pcs 0 52.17
2 in. 90° long-turn elbow Pcs 1 59.67
2 1/2 in. 90° long-turn elbow Pcs 0 67.17
3 in. 90° long-turn elbow Pcs 0 39.00
3 1/2 in. 90° long-turn elbow Pcs 0 60.00
4 in. 90° long-turn elbow Pcs 0 59.67
5 in. 90° long-turn elbow Pcs 0 64.67
6 in. 90° long-turn elbow Pcs 0 69.67
8 in. 90° long-turn elbow Pcs 0 74.67
Hady Habib's Hydraulic calculation sheet
using NFPA® 13 : Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems - 2013 Edition
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Item Description Unit Qyt. Rate
10 in. 90° long-turn elbow Pcs 0 33.00
12 in. 90° long-turn elbow Pcs 0 40.00
1/2 in. Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) Pcs 0 10.00
3/4 in. Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) Pcs 0 55.56
1 in. Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) Pcs 0 44.83
1 1/4 in. Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) Pcs 0 44.83
1 1/2 in. Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) Pcs 0 44.83
2 in. Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) Pcs 0 44.83
2 1/2 in. Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) Pcs 0 44.83
3 in. Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) Pcs 100 54.80
3 1/2 in. Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) Pcs 0 53.69
4 in. Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) Pcs 0 52.58
5 in. Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) Pcs 0 51.47
6 in. Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) Pcs 0 49.22
8 in. Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) Pcs 0 51.52
10 in. Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) Pcs 0 47.00
12 in. Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) Pcs 3 60.00
1/2 in. Butterfly valve Pcs 0 40.00
3/4 in. Butterfly valve Pcs 0 80.00
1 in. Butterfly valve Pcs 3 48.08
1 1/4 in. Butterfly valve Pcs 0 48.08
1 1/2 in. Butterfly valve Pcs 0 48.08
2 in. Butterfly valve Pcs 0 48.08
2 1/2 in. Butterfly valve Pcs 0 48.08
3 in. Butterfly valve Pcs 0 105.19
3 1/2 in. Butterfly valve Pcs 0 91.66
4 in. Butterfly valve Pcs 70 78.14
5 in. Butterfly valve Pcs 0 64.61
6 in. Butterfly valve Pcs 0 46.06
8 in. Butterfly valve Pcs 3 47.61
10 in. Butterfly valve Pcs 0 19.00
12 in. Butterfly valve Pcs 0 32.25
1/2 in. Gate valve Pcs 0 5.00
3/4 in. Gate valve Pcs 0 40.00
1 in. Gate valve Pcs 4 51.33
1 1/4 in. Gate valve Pcs 0 51.33
1 1/2 in. Gate valve Pcs 0 51.33
2 in. Gate valve Pcs 0 51.33
2 1/2 in. Gate valve Pcs 0 51.33
3 in. Gate valve Pcs 0 119.57
3 1/2 in. Gate valve Pcs 0 101.94
4 in. Gate valve Pcs 0 84.30
5 in. Gate valve Pcs 0 66.67
Hady Habib's Hydraulic calculation sheet
using NFPA® 13 : Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems - 2013 Edition
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Item Description Unit Qyt. Rate
6 in. Gate valve Pcs 0 42.89
8 in. Gate valve Pcs 1 43.69
10 in. Gate valve Pcs 0 7.62
12 in. Gate valve Pcs 0 23.53
1/2 in. Swing check* Pcs 0 58.00
3/4 in. Swing check* Pcs 0 96.67
1 in. Swing check* Pcs 5 88.25
1 1/4 in. Swing check* Pcs 0 79.83
1 1/2 in. Swing check* Pcs 0 71.42
2 in. Swing check* Pcs 0 63.00
2 1/2 in. Swing check* Pcs 0 54.58
3 in. Swing check* Pcs 0 46.17
3 1/2 in. Swing check* Pcs 0 37.75
4 in. Swing check* Pcs 10 29.33
5 in. Swing check* Pcs 0 99.57
6 in. Swing check* Pcs 0 78.38
8 in. Swing check* Pcs 7 57.19
10 in. Swing check* Pcs 0 36.00
12 in. Swing check* Pcs 0 14.81
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Total
0
0
0
0
0
111.00
0
200.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
153.00
0
0
15.00
21.50
0
0
42.40
0
0
104.5
0
20.70
0
0
45.00
0
0
59.666666667
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
ms - 2013 Edition
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Total
0
0
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
5480.37
0
0
0
0
0
0
180.00
0
0
144.25
0
0
0
0
0
0
5469.5925926
0
0
142.81666667
0
0
0
0
205.33
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
ms - 2013 Edition
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Total
0
43.688888889
0
0
0
0
441.25
0
0
0
0
0
0
293.33333333
0
0
400.33
0
0
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 1/2 in. 3/4 in. 1 in. 1 1/4 in. 1 1/2 in. 2 in. 2 1/2 in. 3 in. 3 1/2 in. 4 in. 5 in. 6 in. 8 in. 10 in.
2 45° elbow 50.00 30.00 17.00 25.00 30.00 37.00 43.50 50.00 56.50 63.00 69.50 76.00 82.50 89.00
3 90° standard elbow 10.00 20.00 17.00 25.00 30.00 15.00 21.50 21.40 21.30 21.20 21.10 21.00 20.90 20.80
4 90° long-turn elbow 30.00 14.00 45.00 44.67 52.17 59.67 67.17 39.00 60.00 59.67 64.67 69.67 74.67 33.00
5 Tee or cross (flow turned 90°) 10.00 55.56 44.83 44.83 44.83 44.83 44.83 54.80 53.69 52.58 51.47 49.22 51.52 47.00
6 Butterfly valve 40.00 80.00 48.08 48.08 48.08 48.08 48.08 105.19 91.66 78.14 64.61 46.06 47.61 19.00
7 Gate valve 5.00 40.00 51.33 51.33 51.33 51.33 51.33 119.57 101.94 84.30 66.67 42.89 43.69 7.62
8 Swing check* 58.00 96.67 88.25 79.83 71.42 63.00 54.58 46.17 37.75 29.33 99.57 78.38 57.19 36.00
16
12 in.
95.50
20.70
40.00
60.00
32.25
23.53
14.81
Classification of Occupancies:
Light Hazard Occupancies
Ordinary Hazard Group 1
Ordinary Hazard Group 2
Extra Hazard Group 1
Extra Hazard Group 2
Special Occupancy (High-Piled) Hazards
NFPA® 13
Standard for the
Installation of Sprinkler
Systems
2013 Edition
Ordinary Hazard Occupancies
Light Hazard Occupancies.
Group 1
Churches Automobile parking
Clubs Bakeries
Eaves and overhangs, Beverage manufacturing
Educational Canneries
Hospitals Dairy products
Institutional Electronic plants
Libraries, glass products manufacturing
Museums Laundries
Nursing or accomodation Restaurant service areas
Offices, showrooms
Residential
Restaurant seating areas
Theaters and auditoriums,
Unused attics
dinary Hazard Occupancies Extra Hazard Occupancies
Group 2 Group 1
Cereal mills Aircraft hangars
Chemical plants — ordinary Combustible hydraulic fluid use areas
Confectionery products Die casting
Distilleries Metal extruding
Dry cleaners Plywood and particles
Feed mills Printing
Horse stables Rubber
Leather goods manufacturing Saw mills
Libraries — large stack room areas Textile All kind
Machine shops Upholstering with plastic foams
Metal working
Mercantile
Paper and pulp mills
Paper process plants
Piers and wharves
Post offices
Printing and publishing
Repair garages
Resin application area
Stages
Textile manufacturing
Tire manufacturing
Tobacco products manufacturing
Wood machining
Wood product assembly
zard Occupancies
Nominal Nominal
K-Factor Range
K-Factor K-Factor
[gpm/(psi)1/2]
[gpm/(psi)1/2] [L/min/(bar)1/2]
Construction Type
Noncombustible unobstructed
Noncombustible unobstructed
Noncombustible obstructed
Noncombustible obstructed
Combustible unobstructed with no exposed members
Combustible unobstructed with no exposed members
Combustible unobstructed with exposed members 3 ft (0.91 m) or more on center
Combustible unobstructed with exposed members 3 ft (0.91 m) or more on center
Combustible unobstructed with members less than 3 ft (0.91 m) on center
Combustible obstructed with exposed members 3 ft (0.91 m) or more on center
Combustible obstructed with members less than 3 ft (0.91 m) on cente
Combustible concealed spaces in accordance with 8.6.4.1.4
*See 8.6.4.1.4.4.
Upright Spray Sprinklers for Light Hazard
Maximum
Maximum Spacing
System Type Protection Area
ft2 m2 ft2 m2
Hydraulically calculated 225 20.9 15 4.6
Pipe schedule 220 18.6 15 4.6
Hydraulically calculated 225 20.9 15 4.6
Pipe schedule 200 18.6 15 4.6
Hydraulically calculated 225 20.9 15 4.6
Pipe schedule 200 18.6 15 4.6
Hydraulically calculated 225 20.9 15 4.6
Pipe schedule 200 18.6 15 4.6
All 130 12.1 15 4.6
All 168 15.6 15 4.6
All 130 12.1 15 4.6
All 120 11.1 15 4.6
Parallel to Parallel to
the slope 10 the slope
perpendicul 3.05
ar to the perpendicul
slop * ar to the
slop *
Table 8.6.2.2.1(b) Protection Areas and Maximum Spacing of Standard
Pendent and Upright Spray Sprinklers for Ordinary Hazard
Maximum
System Maximum Spacing
Construction Type Protection Area
Type
ft2 m2 ft2 m2
All All 130 12.1 15 4.6
Table 8.6.2.2.1(c) Protection Areas and Maximum Spacing of Standard Pendent and Upright Spray Sprink
for Extra Hazard
Maximum
Construction Type System Type Protection Area
ft2 m2
All Pipe schedule 90 8.4
All Hydraulically calculated with density ≥0.25 100 9.3
All Hydraulically calculated with density <0.25 130 12.1
*In buildings where solid structural members create bays up to 25 ft (7.6 m) wide, maximum spacing between sp
is permitted up to 12 ft 6 in. (3.8 m).
nd Upright Spray Sprinklers Table 8.6.2.2.1(d) Protection Areas and Maximum Spacing of Standard Pe
Sprinklers for High-Piled Storage
ft2 m2
12* 3.7* All
12* 3.7* All
15 4.6 *In buildings where solid structural members create bays up to 25 ft (7.6 m) wi
sprinklers is permitted up to 12 ft 6 in. (3.8 m).
mum spacing between sprinklers
e 8.6.2.2.1(d) Protection Areas and Maximum Spacing of Standard Pendent and Upright Spray
nklers for High-Piled Storage
Maximum
Maximum Spacing
System Type Protection Area
ft2 m2 ft2 m2
Hydraulically calculated with density ≥0.25 100 9.3 12* 3.7*
Hydraulically calculated with density <0.25 130 12.1 15 4.6
uildings where solid structural members create bays up to 25 ft (7.6 m) wide, maximum spacing between
klers is permitted up to 12 ft 6 in. (3.8 m).
Table 23.4.3.1.1 Equivalent Schedule 40 Steel Pipe Length Chart
Gate valve - - - -
Swing check* - - 5 7
1.5 2.1
none
For SI units, 1 in. = 25.4 mm; 1 ft = 0.3048 m.
Note: Information on 1⁄2 in. pipe is included in this table only because it is allowed under 8.15.19.4 an
*Due to the variation in design of swing check valves, the pipe equivalents indicated in this table are c
tings and valves Expressed in Equivlant Feet (Meters) of Pipe
1 1/2 in. 2 in. 2 1/2 in. 3 in. 3 1/2 in. 4 in. 5 in. 6 in.
(40mm) (50mm) (65mm) (80mm) (90mm) (100mm) (125mm) (150mm)
2 2 3 3 3 4 5 7
0.6 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.5 2.1
4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14
1.2 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.4 3 3.7 4.3
2 3 4 5 5 6 8 9
0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.8 2.4 2.7
8 10 12 15 17 20 25 30
2.4 3 3.7 4.6 5.2 6.1 7.6 9.1
- 6 7 10 - 12 9 10
1.8 2.1 3 3.7 2.7 3
- 1 1 1 1 2 2 3
0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.9
9 11 14 16 19 22 27 32
2.7 3.4 4.3 4.9 5.8 6.7 8.2 9.5
none
s allowed under 8.15.19.4 and 8.15.19.5. 45° elbow
s indicated in this table are considered average. 90° standard elbow
90° long-turn elbow
Tee or cross (flow turned 90°)
Butterfly valve
Gate valve
Swing check*
0 0 0 0 0 0
Diameter
(in)
Nominal
Pipe Size Thickness
External Internal (in)
Swing check*
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Transverse Areas Length of Pipe
Weight
(in2) (per sq. foot of)
Volume
External (ft3/ft)
Internal
External Internal Steel Surface lb/ft kg/m
Surface (ft)
(ft)
pecification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless
s ASME SA53 pipe - is intended for mechanical and pressure applications. Can be used in steam, water, gas
nd forming like coiling, bending and flanging.
0
Number of
Threads
per inch of
Screw
14
14
11 ½
11 ½
11 ½
11 ½
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8